Is it necessary to sit through all of the crappy season 2 to know what's going on in season 3? I've heard 3 is a lot better but I can't get more than 4 episodes into season 2 without wanting to throw something at the screen.

Snapper Carr:Is it necessary to sit through all of the crappy season 2 to know what's going on in season 3? I've heard 3 is a lot better but I can't get more than 4 episodes into season 2 without wanting to throw something at the screen.

Not really. You've met all the characters you're really going to meet until season 3. Though I think suffering through season 2 makes you appreciate Carl's turn for the awesome a lot more.

Snapper Carr:Is it necessary to sit through all of the crappy season 2 to know what's going on in season 3? I've heard 3 is a lot better but I can't get more than 4 episodes into season 2 without wanting to throw something at the screen.

Snapper Carr:Is it necessary to sit through all of the crappy season 2 to know what's going on in season 3? I've heard 3 is a lot better but I can't get more than 4 episodes into season 2 without wanting to throw something at the screen.

Not critical, but an important part of the setup. Season 2 is just fine, despite what the whiners say. It gives you the undertones on character motivation, which is important. You need to care about somebody before they have their face eaten off by a zombie, otherwise it lacks emotional impact.

The only downside of season 2 is that it's just not the pace of season 3. Season 3 will have its slower reflective moments as well, as soon as they lock down the prison and start to build a real home for themselves there. That balance between rebuilding and chaos is an important theme of the series, so it'll always be that way.

unyon:Not critical, but an important part of the setup. Season 2 is just fine, despite what the whiners say. It gives you the undertones on character motivation, which is important.

It is, especially for the fact the confrontation with the Philly survivors and what to do with Randall, contrasted with how Rick's and Hershel's groups of survivors meet and merge over the first half of the season, sets the theme for the entire third season on its own. The second season is thematically very important to the rest of the show thus far, even if it's not the gorefest survivalist porn many people would rather it be.

Since the videogum guy stopped doing his writeups of this show, there's simply no reason to watch it anymore. The first two seasons were the most boring and infuratingly awful television in the history of the medium. You fooled me twice, shame on me. But there won't be a third time.

Why Would I Read the Article:Since the videogum guy stopped doing his writeups of this show, there's simply no reason to watch it anymore. The first two seasons were the most boring and infuratingly awful television in the history of the medium. You fooled me twice, shame on me. But there won't be a third time.

Lori wasn't going to live much longer anyway, so at least she's gone now.

T-dawg, well, he didn't exist in the comic, so hard for his character to have any dept, BUT it looks like we finally have our real Tyrese character maybe! Makes more sense than Darryl being Tyrese.

Carol will probably be found dead, and that will lead to more questions, and more death, yay!

Could be that the guy with the axe wasn't the black guy in the room? Did he really have the capability to get out to get a deer? Did he necessarily have to be working alone? Questions, questions...

Andrea could go any which way at this point, her character is nothing like the comic anymore. Still no idea how they're going to interact with the people at the prison, or even find them, since there's no connection like there was in the comic, so there is some surprise left.

I'll agree the last couple episodes have been decent, better than the last two seasons combined, as mentioned.